The Broken. The Holy.

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 21, 2013607 views30 comments

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Another from Sparks. South sister and Broken top as seen from the lake in early morning. A 4 minute exposure seemed to work well here as the clouds were moving in the direction of broken top, which was also the direction the light was coming from. Broken Top was obviously the chosen one on this particular day. I prefer this shot over my previous shot focusing on south sister, even though that composition is perhaps better... or the foreground at least. I just can't get over the weird processing I had to do on it to get it to look decent. Woe is me.

When I exposed this, I couldn't get the white balance in camera to work with me. My raw shot is almost completely blue. Raw to the rescue, again! Was really pretty shocked I was able to pull the color back into this.

Your thoughts and criticisms appreciated as always!

Ted

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Scott Smorra on September 21, 2013 at 2:45 PM

Sweet image Ted! Sparks Lake doesn't get much better than this. I like how you used the long exposure to create the streaks in the sky. Great colors and the smooth reflection is icing on the cake. No nits from me.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 21, 2013 at 3:32 PM

This is going to be tough to beat in every way! Flat out AWESOME!!!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 21, 2013 at 3:56 PM

Fantastic! Really nice work capturing this beautiful scene with these conditions.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on September 21, 2013 at 4:01 PM

Definitely one of the best of the best I have seen from here. The long exposure does wonders for this. I did notice in the large version there is a slight sharpening halo on the right peak. Probably web compression, but regardless this is just amazing.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 21, 2013 at 4:28 PM

Well done! I can see the sharpening halo Peter mentioned. Not bad, but definitely there. I use a small (3-4 pixel) blur brush where I get sharp edges like this, applied very carefully at large magnification.

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Comment posted by Mohamed Alangari on September 21, 2013 at 4:55 PM

wooooooooooooooooow

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on September 21, 2013 at 5:29 PM

Terrific, color, comp and SS are perfect.

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Comment posted by Ted Gore on September 21, 2013 at 6:30 PM

Thanks for the comments! Glad you dig it! I see the halo issues so I went back in and did some touching up. I thought I had them all the first time! After zooming, I definitely did not. Hopefully got them all on this pass.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 21, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Spectacular work Ted. The long exposure was really effective in creating a marvelous atmosphere.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM

No criticism, just good thoughts. Really like the framing of the foreground. The comp and light are magical. Will mention that this sort of feels like a Ted Gore ad with the prominent placement of "Ted Gore PHOTOGRAPHY" and no mention of "©". Oops, I guess, that's a criticism. Regardless, I think this is a wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on September 21, 2013 at 9:29 PM

Wow... hero status to be able to rescue that picture although I have no idea what it looked like before. But this is brilliant.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on September 21, 2013 at 11:58 PM

Incredible work Ted! A Real stunner. No nitpicks at all for me!

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Comment posted by Ted Gore on September 22, 2013 at 1:04 AM

Here is the original unprocessed raw file if anyone is curious about the miracle I performed

Tony, sorry about the placement of my signature, I didn't want to place it on the bottom because it would have been right on top of that line in the foreground. Not sure what you mean about the copyright. Do I need to have it on the image or something?

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on September 22, 2013 at 2:52 AM

Another Wow Work :)

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on September 22, 2013 at 7:58 AM

Stunning image Ted with a remarkable sky and reflection. Beautiful composition and great job on the processing.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 22, 2013 at 8:24 AM

The movement in the clouds is perfect here, giving the entire image a neat sense of exploding from the region around the peak on the right.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 22, 2013 at 8:31 AM

Everything came together for you to produce a stunning image. It is really a neat feeling when you put your time in and all the conditions come together so you can create an image like this. I can see this really large on a wall. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on September 22, 2013 at 8:54 AM

DOH!!!

aF

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 22, 2013 at 12:24 PM

Awesome !
It is out of this world!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on September 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Wow, way to pull out the color. I would say tone down the mist, seems brighter than the sky to me.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Lovely image, and you did a great job pulling the color. I agree that the mist is a little bright. Also, your sig is quite distracting, at least to me. The sky and the reflection look great.

--P

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Comment posted by Carey Closs on September 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Stunning image!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on September 22, 2013 at 7:10 PM

Well, you know my feelings about this place. This another top shelf shot from there.

This his more of an in your face kind of intensity to it compared to the other. They both make me say "Holy Crap" but for different reasons.

Chris

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Comment posted by Ester van Dam on September 23, 2013 at 4:45 AM

Stunning shot, especialy love the mist hanging above the water! Reflection is superb!

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on September 23, 2013 at 12:10 PM

Wow! Looking at the RAW file you posted you did indeed perform a miracle

But the colors look great! I'm torn between this version and the non-cloud streak version you posted elsewhere. Both are great shots.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on September 23, 2013 at 8:20 PM

Nice work. No nits from me.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on September 23, 2013 at 10:56 PM

Exquisite image. I especially love the remarkable luminous quality to the mist, almost an inner glow. Spectacular work.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 24, 2013 at 12:05 AM

I love the placement of your signature! Very classy.

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Comment posted by Mark Brodkin on September 24, 2013 at 3:01 PM

I really love this shot. Saw it first on 500px and was happy to see that you are a member of this site. Congrats and great work!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 28, 2013 at 3:56 PM

Excellent, Ted. The processing is truly magical, especially when compared to the raw version. Beautiful work!

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